Around the Year in 52 Books discussion
Books mentioned in this topic
One Last Kill (other topics)The Winners (other topics)
Us Against You (other topics)
Red Rising (other topics)
Light from Uncommon Stars (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Brandon Sanderson (other topics)Pierce Brown (other topics)
Robert Dugoni (other topics)
THE 2023 LIST
✅ 1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y - The Witch of Tin Mountain
✅ 2. A book by an author you read in 2022 - Sea Castle
✅ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list - Ninth House*
✅ 4. A book with an interracial relationship - If You Come Softly
✅ 5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover - The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
✅ 6. A book where books are important - The Future Library
✅ 7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title - Where the Crawdads Sing
✅ 8. An author's debut book - The Silent Patient
✅ 9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W - Jade City (World Fantasy Award)
✅ 10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities" (Sporty Spice) - Beartown
✅ 11. A book about a person/character with a disability - Mean Baby: A Memoir of Growing Up
✅ 12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies - Hell Bent
✅ 13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover - The Cartographers
✅ 14. A book with a con, deception, or fake - The Stolen Heir
✅ 15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1, 1900s - The Rose Code
✅ 16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2, 1800s - Heir of Uncertain Magic
✅ 17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3, 1500s - Hamnet
✅ 18. A book related to science - Lessons in Chemistry
✅ 19. A book related to the arts - Symphony for a Deadly Throne
✅ 20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel (road on cover) - The Last Rose of Shanghai
✅ 21. A book by an Asian diaspora author - Everything I Never Told You
✅ 22. A book with a faceless person on the cover - Tress of the Emerald Sea
✅ 23. A book with a body of water in the title - The House in the Cerulean Sea
✅ 24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy - Wool
✅ 25. A book with a tropical setting - Wish You Were Here
✅ 26. A book related to pride - Light from Uncommon Stars
✅ 27. A book by an author from continental Europe - The Winners
✅ 28. A book that is dark - Sorrowland
✅ 29. A book that is light - Remarkably Bright Creatures
✅ 30. A book related to a chess piece - Her Deadly Game
✅ 31. A book found by inputting a favorite author (Brandon Sanderson) on https://www.literature-map.com - Red Rising by Pierce Brown
✅ 32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature - One Last Kill
✅ 33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923 - The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
✅ 34. A novella - The Lathe of Heaven
✅ 35. A book with a school subject in the title - The Chemistry of Love
✅ 36. A book that has been translated from another language - Us Against You
✅ 37. A book with the theme of returning home - Gallant
✅ 38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on Spirits Abroadthe cover - A Closed and Common Orbit
✅ 39. A western - Lonesome Dove
✅ 40. A book with a full name in the title - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
✅ 41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists - Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life
✅ 42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter - Spirits Abroad
✅ 43. A book that involves a murder - Lie To Her
✅ 44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal - The Bluest Eye
✅ 45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books - Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
✅ 46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe - Honey & Spice
✅ 47. A book related to a geometric shape - Sphere
✅ 48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story - Fairy Tale
✅ 49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
✅ 50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt - The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois**
✅ 51. A book published in 2023 - Chance
✅ 52. A book with an unusual or surprising title - The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
*Chose "A book that could be used for at least five of the 2023 challenge prompts" - Fits #1, 2, 3, 14, 28, 42
**Favorite Prompt - A book that could be used for at least five of the 2023 challenge prompts - Fits #4, 7, 37, 38, 40